Information Download: Sharing or Stealing?

Session Description:

This presentation will examine the unique opportunities the Internet provides for accessing and sharing information. Techniques teachers can use to design research challenges that promote original thinking will be discussed, as well as strategies for identifying, checking, and preventing plagiarism. The focus of this session will be how to promote the ethical use of information.

Presenter: Hazel Clark, 2005 Teacher Librarian of the Year

Hazel Clark is currently completing her Master’s degree in Education and Technology at Simon Fraser University. Her Bachelor’s degree is in teacher-librarianship from the University of British Columbia and she has 16 years experience as a secondary school teacher librarian, ICT, and English teacher. In 2005, Hazel was the Teacher Librarian of the Year, awarded by the Canadian Association for School Libraries for her work in implementing school library programs based on a collaborative model, which integrates the library with classroom programs and technology resources. She conducts workshops locally and provincially in promoting effective use of technology to develop and implement innovative thinking and creative problem solving. Her research interests include communities of practice, information literacy in hypertext environments, and digital expression. Hazel’s current research is in the area of communities of practice and how teacher librarians engaged in this community effect the educational program of the school.